www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Peruhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/peru/?utm_medium=RSSwww.washingtontimes.com Topics: Peruen-usWed, 24 Jun 2015 16:30:52 -0400Peru's culture showcased in Smithsonian Folklife Festivalhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jun/24/perus-culture-showcased-in-smithsonian-folklife-fe/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Peru's artists, cultures and famous foods are being featured in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival this year on the National Mall as the South American nation aims to boost tourism and cultural exchange.</p> <p>More than 150 artists and participants traveled from Peru to stage the festival opening last week near the ...BRETT ZONGKERWed, 24 Jun 2015 16:30:52 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jun/24/perus-culture-showcased-in-smithsonian-folklife-fe/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSPope to Peruvian pro-lifers: 'Keep shaking things up'http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jun/5/pope-to-peruvian-pro-lifers-keep-shaking-things-up/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Lima, Peru - Upon seeing pictures from the 2015 March for Life in Lima, Peru, Pope Francis had a message for the faithful of the South American country: "keep shaking things up."</p><p> The Holy Father offered these words of encouragement to Peruvian Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, after the June 3 ...Fri, 05 Jun 2015 06:33:00 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jun/5/pope-to-peruvian-pro-lifers-keep-shaking-things-up/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSPeru's cocaine backpackers: Drug trade's lowest runghttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/may/7/drug-trades-lowest-rung-perus-cocaine-backpackers/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>HUANTA, Peru (AP) &mdash; The lung-searing ascents into the Andean highlands aren't what worry the untold hundreds of young men who hump backpacks loaded with drugs out of the remote, lawless valley that produces about 60 percent of Peru's cocaine.</p> <p>Armed gangs, crooked police and rival backpacker groups regularly rob ...Franklin Briceno and Frank BajakThu, 07 May 2015 07:47:37 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/may/7/drug-trades-lowest-rung-perus-cocaine-backpackers/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS'House of Waiting' for pregnant Peruvian women seeks to remodelhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/apr/28/house-of-waiting-for-pregnant-peruvian-women-seeks/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Haquira, Peru - Inside the cracking adobe walls of a small building in Haquira, Peru, an on-duty nurse and staff are busy providing care for local women during the late stages of their pregnancy.</p><p> In the remote highlands of Peru, it is not uncommon for women near the end of ...Tue, 28 Apr 2015 02:17:00 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/apr/28/house-of-waiting-for-pregnant-peruvian-women-seeks/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSPeruvian march for life draws half a millionhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/26/peruvian-march-for-life-draws-half-a-million/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Lima, Peru - More than half a million Peruvians participated in the historic March for Life 2015, held March 21 in Lima, rejecting abortion and speaking out in defense of life from conception to natural death.</p><p> &nbsp;<br><br></p><p> &iexcl;Lo logramos! Esta es la cifra oficial de la <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarchaPorLaVida?src=hash">#MarchaPorLaVida</a> <a href="http://t.co/q6UjPdRkLE">pic.twitter.com/q6UjPdRkLE</a><br><br></p><p> ...David RamosThu, 26 Mar 2015 11:16:00 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/26/peruvian-march-for-life-draws-half-a-million/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSRICHARD RAHN: In Peru, standard of living increasinghttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/23/richard-rahn-in-peru-standard-of-living-increasing/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><strong>Lima, Peru </strong>&mdash; When someone mentions Peru to you, what is the first visual image that pops into your head? Inca Indians with their llamas in the Andes Mountains, looking at the some of the stone ruins of their ancient civilization? Yes, Peru still does have some of that, but ...Richard W. RahnMon, 23 Mar 2015 16:19:09 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/23/richard-rahn-in-peru-standard-of-living-increasing/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSKilled by terrorists, named a martyr: the life of Fr. Alessandro Dordihttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/6/killed-by-terrorists-named-a-martyr-the-life-of-fr/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Lima, Peru - On Feb. 3, Pope Francis recognized the martyrdom of Father Alessandro Dordi, an Italian priest whose work of evangelization with the poor cost him his life at the hands of a Communist terror group in Peru.</p><p> Fr. Sandro, as he was known, came to Peru in 1980, ...Fri, 06 Feb 2015 17:07:00 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/6/killed-by-terrorists-named-a-martyr-the-life-of-fr/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSWho are the two Polish priests martyred in Peru?http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/5/who-are-the-two-polish-priests-martyred-in-peru/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Lima, Peru - Two Polish priest killed by a Communist group in Peru were among those recognized as martyrs by Pope Francis on Feb. 3.</p><p> Father Michele Tomaszek and Father Zbigneo Strzalkowski of the Conventual Friars Minor, were killed Aug. 9, 1991, by the "Shining Path" terrorist group in Peru. ...Eduardo BerdejoThu, 05 Feb 2015 02:54:00 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/5/who-are-the-two-polish-priests-martyred-in-peru/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSOscar Romero to be beatified: Pope Francis recognizes martyrdomhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/3/oscar-romero-to-be-beatified-pope-francis-recogniz/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Vatican City - Pope Francis on Tuesday authorized the promulgation of decrees recognizing the martyrdom of Salvadoran archbishop Oscar Romero, paving the way for his beatification, as well as the martyrdom of three priests in Peru.</p><p> The decision was the fruit of a Feb. 3 audience between the Pope and ...Tue, 03 Feb 2015 10:13:00 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/3/oscar-romero-to-be-beatified-pope-francis-recogniz/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSLima climate change talks fueled by diesel generators; solar panels 'too unreliable'http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/16/lima-climate-change-talks-fueled-by-diesel-generat/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The climate change talks in Lima, Peru, which were suspended last week after diplomats failed to reach any consensus, were powered entirely by diesel generators after organizers decided solar panels would be too unreliable, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/peru/11292469/Frantic-efforts-to-save-Lima-climate-change-talks.html" target="_blank">according to a report</a> by The Telegraph.</p> <p>Representatives from 190 countries gathered in tents ...Jessica ChasmarTue, 16 Dec 2014 11:49:20 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/16/lima-climate-change-talks-fueled-by-diesel-generat/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSGreenpeace's Nazca lines stunt prompts Peru to seek criminal chargeshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/11/greenpeace-nazca-lines-stunt-prompts-peru-seek-cri/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Greenpeace is facing legal action after its activists disturbed the Nazca lines constructed in Peru's desert roughly 1,500 years ago.</p> <p>A giant banner was recently placed next to a desert drawing of a hummingbird that read, "Time for Change! The Future is Renewable."</p> <p>Peruvian authorities say that the event, which ...Douglas Ernst Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:58:17 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/11/greenpeace-nazca-lines-stunt-prompts-peru-seek-cri/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSLima climate talks set for record carbon footprint http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/9/lima-climate-talks-set-record-carbon-footprint/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>LIMA, Peru (AP) &mdash; The current U.N. climate talks will be the first to neutralize all the greenhouse gas pollution they generate, offset by host country Peru's protection of forest at three different reserves, organizers say.</p> <p>Now the bad news: The Lima conference is expected to have the biggest carbon ...Frank BajakTue, 09 Dec 2014 15:38:05 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/9/lima-climate-talks-set-record-carbon-footprint/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSClimate change impacts heat up UN talks in Lima http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/1/climate-change-impacts-heat-un-talks-lima/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>LIMA, Peru (AP) &mdash; With this year on track to become the warmest on record, more than 190 nations began talks Monday on new limits for the greenhouse gases that are already changing global climate patterns and making life more difficult around the world.</p> <p>New targets for fossil fuel use ...Karl Ritter and Frank BajakMon, 01 Dec 2014 14:53:34 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/1/climate-change-impacts-heat-un-talks-lima/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSIndiana draft horse owner named to hall of famehttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/24/indiana-draft-horse-owner-named-to-hall-of-fame/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>PERU, Ind. (AP) - Parker Shinn knows a little something about Percheron draft horses. After all, he's been raising and breeding them for nearly 50 years on his 80 acre farm in southern Miami County, located just south of Grissom Air Reserve Base.</p> <p>And he hasn't just been doing it ...CARSON GERBERMon, 24 Nov 2014 10:22:19 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/24/indiana-draft-horse-owner-named-to-hall-of-fame/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSObama to meet with allies on militant fighthttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/14/obama-to-meet-with-allies-on-militant-fight/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; President Barack Obama and his military commanders will meet Tuesday with defense chiefs from more than 20 nations participating in the fight against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq.</p> <p>The daylong meeting comes as the White House tries to tout progress in the U.S.-led campaign ...JULIE PACETue, 14 Oct 2014 13:13:07 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/14/obama-to-meet-with-allies-on-militant-fight/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSEngland beats Peru 3-0 in warm-uphttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/31/england-beats-peru-3-0-in-warm-up/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> England survived defensive lapses to overcome Peru 3-0 on Friday in its final game at Wembley Stadium before the World Cup.</p> <p> Daniel Sturridge provided the friendly match's only standout moment when he put England ahead in the 32nd minute with a shot into the top corner of the ...the Associated PressSat, 31 May 2014 00:51:02 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/31/england-beats-peru-3-0-in-warm-up/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSEngland beats Peru 3-0 in last home game before WChttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/30/england-beats-peru-3-0-in-last-home-game-before-wc/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> LONDON (AP) - Underwhelming up front and uneasy at the back - but England still signed off with a victory at Wembley Stadium before the World Cup.</p> <p> Only one forward contributed a goal in the 3-0 victory over Peru on Friday, with Daniel Sturridge's deft strike in the ...ROB HARRISFri, 30 May 2014 20:16:35 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/30/england-beats-peru-3-0-in-last-home-game-before-wc/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSPeru hires attorney to review its police policieshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/17/peru-hires-attorney-to-review-its-police-policies/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> PERU, Ind. (AP) - A northern Indiana city recently hit by a shake-up of some of its top officers has hired an attorney to conduct a comprehensive review of its police department's policies and procedures.</p> <p> The Peru Board of Works approved a request Thursday from Police Chief Jonie ...Sat, 17 May 2014 17:10:53 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/17/peru-hires-attorney-to-review-its-police-policies/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSPeru lawyer: jailed Van der Sloot to be a fatherhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/14/peru-lawyer-jailed-van-der-sloot-to-be-a-father/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> LIMA, Peru (AP) - Joran van der Sloot's lawyer says the convicted murder is soon to be both father and husband.</p> <p> Maximo Altez told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the 26-year-old Dutchman and his Peruvian fiance have nearly completed legal arrangements to wed. The future Mrs. van ...FRANKLIN BRICENOWed, 14 May 2014 13:01:37 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/14/peru-lawyer-jailed-van-der-sloot-to-be-a-father/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSPeru shines a treasured exhibition at National Geographic Museumhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/1/peru-shines-a-treasured-exhibition-at-national-geo/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The National Geographic Society has a long association with Peru: Archaeologist Herman Bingham, who has been called a real-life Indiana Jones, was on assignment for National Geographic when he discovered Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas, in 1911.</p> <p>But there are more than 10,000 archaeological sites throughout Peru ...Roland Flamini — Special to The Washington TimesThu, 01 May 2014 17:47:22 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/1/peru-shines-a-treasured-exhibition-at-national-geo/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS